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# MTN and Vodacom dwarf South Africa’s listed tech sector

**[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

MTN Group and Vodacom dominate South Africa's JSE-listed technology and telecoms sector by a wide margin. MTN generates roughly R621 million per day and Vodacom R417 million per day, dwarfing all other listed peers. Naspers ranks third, followed by Datatec, MultiChoice, and Telkom. The analysis ranks JSE-listed tech and telecoms companies by daily revenue run rate, revealing a dramatic gap between the telecoms giants and smaller players — with Africa Bitcoin Corporation at the bottom, needing an estimated 132 years to accumulate R1 billion in revenue.

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